Harry Reid pulls ahead of the Chicken Lady in New Poll

[Clio the Leo]

ChickenCare Hurting Lowden? New Dem Poll Has Her Trailing Reid
Eric Kleefeld | May 12, 2010, 2:21PM

A new poll from a Democratic firm suggests that Senate candidate Sue Lowden's (R-NV) idea that people could use the barter system to reduce their health care costs may have damaged her chances in a general election against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D). At the very least, it appears that Lowden is a weaker GOP candidate than one of her rivals in the primary, former UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian.

The numbers, obtained by Las Vegas Sun columnist Jon Ralston: Reid 42%, Lowden 35%, right-wing Independent American Party candidate Tim Fasano with 5%, and Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian 3%. With Tarkanian as the Republican nominee, he and Reid are tied at 37%-37%, with Fasano at 7% and Ashjian with 2%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4.5% margin of error.

This latest poll was conducted by the Democratic polling firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, and was commissioned by the progressive group Project New West. The TPM Poll Average currently has Reid trailing Lowden by 52.6%-38.3%, and trailing Tarkanian by 50.6%-39.9%. However, it should be noted that much of these averages rely on older data, and are also dependent on polls of strict two-way races -- adding in other conservatives to the ballot can have an effect.

Ralston says the numbers "go counter to previous public polls (but not some private ones)...Those numbers don't comport with other surveys showing Lowden and Sandoval with large leads over the Reids. But the point here is the volatility of the electorate, the volcanic bursts of anger, the intolerance for exaggerated flaws."

About three weeks ago, Lowden famously said: "Let's change the system and talk about what the possibilities are. I'm telling you that this works. You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days, our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor. They would say I'll paint your house."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/chickencare-hurting-lowden-new-dem-poll-has-her-trailing-reid.php?ref=fpblg

[polichick]

1. Great news - and nice photo! nt

[glinda]

24. I agree. Super news and super photo!

[phleshdef]

2. Although I sometimes would like a new majority leader, I'd like to see Harry keep his seat too.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

8. We need that seat and Harry's gotten better, so yeah I'm rooting for him too.

Majority leader and all. I wouldn't mind seeing Durbin leader though.

[HughMoran]

3. wow

glad to see more and more seats getting back to 'competitive'

[JI7]

4. the death panel and other lies that they claim would happen didn't happen

[dumpdabaggers]

5. Harry will win is a walk

The people of Nevada would be idiots to thow out a Senate majority leader for a freshmen bimbo. Harry brings big time goodies to Nevada.

[Awsi Dooger]

11. It will be tight either way

Midterms are bad news in Nevada because the GOP cow counties turn out in high numbers while Clark County snores.

I thought Danny Tarkanian was the preferred opponent because he was so inept in the 2006 secretary of state race against Ross Miller. But now that Lowden is a punch line you have to root for her.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Saw Harry last week at a Happy Hour in SW D.C. Waterfront.

Look to be in good spirits and I hope he wins. But, I'm sorry. Internal polling by party analysts tend to tout good numbers for their candidates. What do the other, non-partisan polls show?

[damntexdem]

7. I bet she'll squawk about that.

While Harry will just cackle.

;-)

[HughMoran]

9. doh!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. That would be a very important win

[fortune]

12. Is this an independent pollster? n/t

[BlueIdaho]

13. Yeah - she really laid an egg...

[DCBob]

14. That is really really great news. "Give em hell Harry" is the now "The Comeback Kid!"

Go Harry!

[rasputin1952]

15. Teabaggers lose their candidate...Lowden goes down...

[Kingofalldems]

16. Kick this for the sneaky freepers

[Robbins]

17. Great news

For Reid to be ahead or tied with Republicans Is huge news.Remember Reid was suspose to be a guranted
loss for Democrats this fall.It takes the gloom and doom talk and makes it very dubious now.

[w4rma]

18. Reid is a fighter. Nice. (nt)

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. The Nevada Repukes have to be kicking themselves over this

Reid has been such a weak spineless pathetic fuck that even WE thought his political demise was inevitable. And still, they manage to find a worse candidate than him?

Oh well..... maybe she can get a lobbyist job with Tyson Foods, since she seems to know so much about chicken.

Reid still needs to be removed from the Majority Leader position though. Since he is incapable of leading, and forgot who the majority was.

[fishwax]

20. good news

:kick:

[opihimoimoi]

21. chicken lady lays a Macaca Egg

[tanyev]

22. Lowden may finally be able to answer the age-old question:

What came first, the chicken or the egg on her face?

[Peacetrain]

23. I love it.. the more they talk the more they are exposed as raving looney tunes

This whole idea that the media is pushing that TeaParty people are going to take over.. well maybe they will take the base of the republican party.. and yeah they are loud.. but the more they talk, the further people step back from them

[Malikshah]

25. She must be spending too much time at the Mall. Video explanation included.

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeknVqdDAGA

From Kids in the Hall. Safe for TV, but maybe NSFW ;)

[NJmaverick]

26. Thanks for the good news, maybe she can trade some chickens for more air time